Yuki's Sugar Blog: The Kingdom of the Snow Leopard

"Do you really think the most precious thing on Earth is a diamond? Do you think the most precious thing on Earth is money?" (P 68 L 18,19)

I read " The Kingdom of the Snow Leopard." Its author is Elspeth Rawstron. It was published in 2007. The story of the book is a kind of adventure. Its main characters are Tom, Mahir and Tara. Tom was a high school student from England ans tall with fair hair and blue eyes. Mahir was a prince of the Kingdom of the Snow Leopard, was Tom's close friend and a the same high school student as Tom was. Tara was Mahir's younger sister and good at archery.
In the book, Tom spent his holiday with Mahir in Mahir's country. At first, Tom was surprised at its culture and food, but gradually he got used to them. Tom enjoyed the country's festival with Mahir and Tara. However, in an archery competition, Mahir hit the blue eye of the black dragon, which was regarded as bad luck. He was disappointed as it, but his father cheered him up by disclosing his experience. After that, Tom enjoyed another festival with Mahir and Tara again, but an accident happened to Tara....
After I read "The Kingdom of the Snow Leopard," I learned a lot about Bhutan. Actually, the book's model is Bhutan, the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon. since before I read the book, I've already been interested in Bhutan, which of the King said," Happiness is more important than wealth,"so in the Kingdom of Snow Leopard, there was no TV, cars, fast food and so on, too like Bhutan. I learned how something more important than money and physical stuff. The definition of happiness depends on each person, but Bhutan's one is so impressed, In the book, it was included somewhere. If you don't know what happiness is, please read the book, and you will get a hint to be happy from Bhutan's happiness.